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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is our first home purchase in NoVa, and I am trying to see if this experience is typical.

We went under contract for an older home in NoVa, for a reasonable price. While the overall condition of the home is good, some issues came up in inspection that we submitted to the sellers.  [b]The inspection addendum returned from them as fully denied, de facto making the home "as is" purchase.[/b]

Items included repairing a badly cracked driveway, replacing a 25+year old furnace, reinforcing the deck with rotted out supports, doing electrical work in the attic, and bringing an old chimney up to code.  The chimney repair was estimated as expensive, so we asked for 15k with an estimate submitted, expecting to get somewhat less, meeting somewhere in the middle.

Is this bait and switch behavior typical in NoVa?  I just wanted to adjust my expectations and go in prepared.  I am somewhat taken aback.

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This makes no sense from a legal point.  A house is offered on tge market “as is” (buyer beware -owner is making no promises about anything?) and theoffer is made and accepted under those terms. In your situation you b no add an offer and it was accepted. They are under no obligation to make those changes. An offer like that cannot be turned into anything “de facto “. You choice now is whether or not to walk and risk losing your deposit (rules vary by state -talk to your agent but don’t trust what they say -many are hopelessly ignorant). If you really want the house hire a real estate lawyer to negotiate. But you made a good faith offer based upon what you could see. Next time do a pre-offer inspection. We did and walked in the dayof inspection to find 8 inches of water in tge basement. It’s much easier to walk away pre-offer tgs. After your offef has been accepted [/quote]

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